No person shall pursue the business or occupation of keeping any billiard
room or poolroom in the township until the proprietor thereof shall have first
obtained from the Township Committee a license to carry on and conduct the
same and shall have paid the required license fee.

All licenses under this chapter shall be granted by the Township Committee
and issued by the Township Clerk/Administrator. All such licenses shall be
valid from February 1 of the year in which the license is issued until January
3 of the following year, unless sooner revoked.

A minor under the age of 18 years shall under no circumstances frequent,
loiter, go or remain in any hall licensed under this chapter at any time unless
he is on some lawful errand and sent under the direction, consent and knowledge
of the parent, guardian or other person having lawful custody of him. It shall
be unlawful for the proprietor of any hall so licensed to allow or permit
any minor to frequent, loiter or remain within the hall in violation of this
section.

Every place of business licensed under this chapter shall not open before
9:00 a.m. and shall be closed at 1:00 a.m. every day, except Saturday, when
it shall close at 12:00 midnight and remain closed until the following Monday
morning.

Maximum penalty. For violation of any provisions of this
chapter, the maximum penalty, upon conviction, shall be a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or such combination
of punishments as the Municipal Judge may, in his or her discretion, deem
appropriate and just.

Application. The maximum penalty stated in this section
is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for each and every violation.
Any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may
be appropriate for a particular case or violation, except in those instances
where state law mandates a minimum penalty to be imposed.